A Little More Winter Wonderland

I wanted to share another wintry photo. We had another flurry of snow over night which is really starting to accumulate, it's lovely to look at but not so nice to shovel. My little reindeer are all but buried out front, all you can see is their lights glowing under a mound of white fluff, guess I'll have to form a search party and rescue them.

You can see little tracks here and there, I imagine the mice are running underneath, making roadways this way and that, a great way to hide. The deer have passed by on their way to the cedar bush out back for shelter.

I miss the days when the offspring would beg for me to put on my snow pants, go outside and build a snow fort or take them sliding...maybe I can talk them into it when they get home from school, I think they'll be game, we all should take time to play.

Warm wishes

Beauty of the Season

I am so in awe of our scenery right now, it is absolutely beautiful and even though I don't like driving in it the snow is the most wonderful thing I can imagine. It's like covering you with a blanket that warms your heart with the feelings of Christmas. Things are so much brighter with this perfect white downy duvet.

The smell of a wood fire burning in the shed, warming it's frosty contents, brings memories of hauling sleighs of logs, with the boys in tow, to the house and wet boots down the stairs to the big black, sooty wood stove waiting, mouth wide, for more fuel. It's such a comfort to remember these details (which at the time just seems like a lot of work) that I now can miss those simpler days.

Hope you all are enjoying your scenery and remember during the busy days ahead that we only need to look to find beauty.

Blessings

The Snow's a comin'

We're preparing for our first storm of the winter coming tomorrow. We have been very lucky here in the Valley as we've had no snow to speak of so driving has been wonderful and safe. But you know Christmas would not be the same without a dusting of the fluffy white stuff ( at least not for me).

I remember back in 1971 when the snow was piled so high we could slide off our garage roof and we built the most awesome snow forts you could imagine. We don't seem to get that anymore but I don't know if I beleive totally in global warming, I think in part that climates shift and we are heading that way.

So as our weather changes here in the Great White North slow down, stay safe and be warm, Hug a friend today.